boundary
: the lines that
designate the area within themselves as distinct in some way.

grant/charter
: the document that
created a new town, city, or other place.

annexed : when a
political entity is made part of another political entity. In this case
small towns were made part of larger towns.

gores : are political organizations of very
mountainous parts of the state and have little or no population. They were
called gores because they were often triangular in shape, being small,
"leftover" pieces of land.

political division : the different levels at which
Vermont's State government is organized, including, counties, towns, gores, and
other places.

county sear or shire town : the town where
the county courthouse, the jail, and other important buildings are located.

unorganized town/township
: towns that at one time
had a local government and provided services to the people living there, just
like other towns in Vermont.

village : this
political division is an organized section of a town which has its own
government within the town. They provide services like police, a fire
department, and others.

urban compact :
similar to villages, but they are not chartered as such by the state.
locality : small
clusters of houses or village crossroads are often named on the map of the
state, but are not known as Vermont's major villages or cities.